Diagnosis of capacity bottlenecks via passive monitoring in 3G networks: An empirical analysis

Computer Networks

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1205-1231

  Ricciato, Fabio ^a   Vacirca, Francesco ^a,b   Svoboda, Philipp ^a,c  

^a TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH CENTER VIENNA FTW   (Austria)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

3G; Bottleneck detection; Passive monitoring; Traffic analysis; UMTS

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; STATISTICAL METHODS; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

BOTTLENECK DETECTION; PASSIVE MONITORING; TRAFFIC ANALYSIS;

TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

EID: 33845693241     PISSN: 13891286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comnet.2006.07.011     Document Type: Article

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